29 March 2018

Building your roadmap to compliance

We recently held two seminars to provide insight into the new GDPR regulations that come into force on the 25 May. GDPR will be the new legal framework for data protection in the UK and across Europe – it will take over from the Data Protection Act and all businesses that hold or process the personal data of EU individuals will need to comply with it. This will include data on staff, suppliers and sub-contractors.

It introduces new concepts and approaches for the protection of personal data – for example ‘consent’ must be given on an ‘opt-in’ basis and separate permissions are required for different activities.

We were keen to ensure that our speakers focussed on the opportunities for businesses in becoming GDPR compliant and encouraged attendees to begin to develop their own action plan during the seminar that they could take back to their businesses with key actions.